inflated vs meager

inflated

adj
  • Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show 

  • In a state of higher cost. 

  • Filled with air or fluid 

  • Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc. 

  • Higher that the true figure 

  • Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego) 

meager

verb
  • To make lean. 

adj
  • Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent 

  • Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible. 

  • Having little flesh; lean; thin. 

  • Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk). 

How often have the words inflated and meager occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )